The Research Advancing Practice through Implementation and Dissemination Science (RAPIDS) Program
The Research Advancing Practice through Implementation and Dissemination Science (RAPIDS) Program integrates dissemination and implementation (D&I) science into emergency medicine research and operations using a Learning Health System (LHS) approach. The program focuses on improving the uptake of evidence-based practices in emergency care through rigorous, applied research and systems-level collaboration. RAPIDS collaborates with clinical operations, research faculty and staff, and interdisciplinary academic partners.
RAPIDS supports emergency medicine research projects through qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis, project development and coordination across departments, grant submission support, and manuscript preparation and data analysis.
The program's joint research and clinical operations goals are to:
- Promote and support research collaborations and traditional academic productivity
- Improve clinical and operational metrics by translating research findings into practice
The program is currently funded through the Department of Emergency Medicine with internal department funds with plans for future expansion and diversification of funding sources.
How to contact us: email: [email protected]
Our Team
Chelsea Hoffman, MPH
Program Coordinator
Program Coordinator
Lindsay Lennox, MA
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Christie Hartman, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Senior Research Scientist
Research & Initiatives
As of May 2026, RAPIDS is actively supporting 4 ongoing learning health systems research projects:
- Clinical Decision Support Using HIV Screening Improves Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Initiation in the Emergency Department: Evaluates whether clinical decision support tied to HIV screening increases PrEP initiation rates in the ED.
- POCUS Documentation and Billing Optimization: Implements a simplified POCUS order and documentation workflow, with in-basket reminders, to improve documentation completeness and increase billing capture.
- Ambient AI Scribe Implementation: Assesses the impact of Ambient AI scribe tools in the ED using pre/post provider surveys supplemented by EHR data analysis.
- Antibiotic Stewardship for Acute Uncomplicated Sigmoid Diverticulitis (AUSD): Develops and evaluates an ED clinical education pathway to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use in AUSD patients
3 Publications in 2025/2026
- A learning health systems approach to implementation and evaluation of an academic emergency department single shared note workflow (published May 2025, Learning Health Systems)
- Implementation of an Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Block Program in an Academic Emergency Department (published January 2026, Frontiers in Public Health)
- Outpatient Management of Acute Sigmoid Diverticulitis: Education and a Clinical Pathway Reduced Antibiotic Use Without Compromise in Clinical Outcomes (published February 2026, Diseases of the Colon and Rectum)
Planned customer discovery interviews (summer 2026) to assess jobs, pains, and gains
and inform value propositions for learning health system research in Emergency
Medicine and partnering departments